In other words its said to be a legend just like the Rikkudo Sennin. No one actually knows which came first. All that matters is that they both came from the the Rikkudo Sennins Eyes. Its like that Chicken and the eggs argument.

I was looking for that link to post because some people were going a little crazy saying that the Sharingan comes from the Byakugan, but the way Kakashi puts it is as if its a myth or as if he doesn't completey know himself.

Best i can figure is. the reason the hyuga have so much pull in the village over even the uchiha is not because the byakugan is better. But rather simply in terms of numbers. As it seems like every member of the clan can use byakugan while maybe 1 third of the uchiha could obtain sharingan. hence superiority in sheer numbers alone.

as for my theory about hinata's mom, it could be the same as the senju... they are such a freaking huge family that if they are far apart enough marrage isn't an issue... its still an educated guess, but it could be possible... as long as the mom died within 2 years of hanabi's birth (hanabi -> mom died/ eye transfer -> guy fighting shisui -> uchiha massacre)

And what exactly does Kakashi know? he who knew nothing about the MS or akatsuki. or most anything else outside a narrow scope. so Kakashi said they say. who ever they are are likely about as informed as he was at the time.

That's my entire point. Kakashi was the only one to mention that sht. That whole argument came from someone who wasnt very informed, and yet everyone is treating like it was an absolute.

If you're half the man I am today, you're twice the man you were yesterday.

Regardless of who mentioned it about the origins of the Uchiha clan and mind you that Kakashi isnīt just some 2 buck ninja, who by the way, just told Madara that the Rinīnegan being a divine power is a bunch of bullshit, it was stated in part 1 that Byakugan not only could predate the sharingan, it was also a superior bloodline ability.

And that completely changed in part 2, the Byakugan and its clan is completely absent from the backstory of konoha, which is stated to be one of Konohaīs oldest clans (Something we never heard from the Uchihaīs) and now the Sharigan was directly originated from the Rinīnegan.

It just lame quality writing and poor consistency. Now iīm not gonna bitch and moan like people in this thread "Kishimoto thinks weīre retarded herp derp" but itīs a fact, plain and simple.

Regardless of who mentioned it about the origins of the Uchiha clan and mind you that Kakashi isnīt just some 2 buck ninja, who by the way, just told Madara that the Rinīnegan being a divine power is a bunch of bullshit, it was stated in part 1 that Byakugan not only could predate the sharingan, it was also a superior bloodline ability.

And that completely changed in part 2, the Byakugan and it+s clan is completely absent from the backstory of konoha, which is stated to be one of Konohaīs oldest clans (Something we never heard from the Uchihaīs) and now the Sharigan was directly originated from the Rinīnegan.

It just lame quality writing and poor consistency. Now iīm not gonna bitch and moan like people in this thread "Kishimoto thinks weīre retarded herp derp" but itīs a fact, plain and simple.

not necessarily. Its very ambiguous. as far as we know it could be like this

Six path sage has two kids
kid with eyes has kids with byakugan
Generation with byakugan has kids with both sharingan and byakugan
those kids seperate
Sharingan generation meet with Senju cousins.
They form village
byakugan user join
others join

If you're half the man I am today, you're twice the man you were yesterday.

I doubt that it was simply a badly drawn Rinnegan considering the panel above shows it in perfect detail. I believe it was some kind of semi-Rinnegan; one that didn't have the full powers of the original.